How Lodgewick ADU Fresno Came to Fresno
Before Lodgewick ADU Fresno opened its doors, Russ Delmar kept hearing the same story from homeowners across Fresno. Someone would pay a deposit for an ADU, wait months for permits, then watch the price climb once construction started. Or a crew would tear out part of a backyard, disappear for three weeks, and come back only when the homeowner called six times. Russ had spent years in residential construction and property work around the Central Valley, and he knew the pattern too well. The Fresno market was growing fast. California’s ADU laws had finally made it practical for ordinary homeowners to build on their own lots. But too many people were getting burned by vague estimates and handshake timelines. When the opportunity came to open a Lodgewick ADU Builders branch here, Russ took it because the brand’s promise matched what he believed: put the price in writing before the first shovel hits the ground, show up when you said you would, and stand behind the finished building. Fresno deserved that, and Russ wanted to be the one to bring it.
Russ Delmar’s Personal Connection to the ADU Trade
Russ Delmar didn’t fall into ADU work by accident. He came up through construction, where the smell of fresh framing lumber and the feel of a level finding true mattered more than anything else. Early on, he worked on additions and small structures around Fresno and the surrounding towns, and he saw how a modest building could change the way a family lived. A mother in Clovis could keep her aging father close instead of moving him into a facility across town. A young couple in Selma could rent out a backyard cottage and finally afford the house they already owned. These weren’t hypotheticals. They were real people with real lots and real budgets.
What got Russ personally invested was the moment he realized how much trust mattered in this trade. He remembered walking a job where another crew had framed a small unit badly, and the homeowner had no idea what was wrong until the drywall started cracking. The framing looked fine on the surface. The problems were hidden behind the walls. It bothered Russ, not just because the work was bad, but because someone had charged for it and walked away. That is the opposite of how he learned to work. In his experience, the person paying for the project should never have to become an expert in construction just to protect themselves. That belief kept him in this trade. What gets him up in the morning now is simpler than it sounds: knowing that when a Fresno homeowner calls Lodgewick ADU Fresno, they are going to get a straight answer, a written price, and a building that holds up.
If Russ weren’t doing this, he would probably still be working with his hands somewhere, maybe on furniture or working through a fix on an old house. He’s never been good at sitting still. The work itself, the quiet satisfaction of looking at a finished ADU with a family moving into it, is what he cares about. It’s the kind of work where you can point to something at the end of the day and say, that was done right.
Meet Russ Delmar, Owner of Lodgewick ADU Fresno
Russ Delmar is the Owner and local lead behind Lodgewick ADU Fresno. He has spent more than a decade working in residential construction and property improvement across the Central Valley. That’s not a number on a marketing sheet. It’s years spent solving the problems that only show up on real job sites: grading issues in Kerman, permit questions in Sanger, tree root conflicts in Fresno’s older neighborhoods.
What separates Russ from a franchise technician with a rotating route is that he knows this region. He knows the soil, the sun, the heat, and the local building departments. He knows that an ADU in Madera has to be designed differently than one in Fowler because the lot conditions and local expectations are different. Russ is the person watching the details, checking the framing, and making sure the Kingswell Guarantee means something at the end of the project. He keeps his word and he finishes what he starts. That’s the job.
Our Promise to Fresno Homeowners
The Kingswell Way governs how this branch works, and it’s the reason Russ chose to operate under the Lodgewick ADU Builders name. The brand was built by the Kingswell family, whose company runs every job on the same principles: a written price before any work begins, a real arrival window, a clean job site when the crew leaves, and a written guarantee on the work. Those aren’t slogans. They’re the rules.
Russ knows what happens when a company promises a price and then revises it once the concrete is poured. He’s seen the look on a homeowner’s face. The policy here is fixed: you get your price, you see it in writing, and you know what it covers. If something fails inside the guarantee period, the team comes back and fixes it at no charge. That’s how the Kingswell Guarantee works, and Russ believes in it because he’s spent his whole career cleaning up after companies that didn’t honor something half as clear.
Our Credentials
- State-licensed where required. Every pro working under the Lodgewick ADU Fresno name is required to hold the license and insurance their state requires for the work they perform.
- Insured and bonded. This gives Fresno homeowners protection if something goes wrong on the job.
- More than ten years of local building experience. Russ has worked in residential construction across the Central Valley long enough to know what holds up in a Fresno summer.
- Backed by the Kingswell Guarantee. Every job gets a written guarantee, and if the work fails inside the guarantee period, we come back and fix it at no charge.
Each of these matters for a simple reason: you’re letting someone build a structure on your property, and you should never have to wonder whether the person holding the hammer is qualified, covered, and accountable. A license means training. Insurance means protection. The guarantee means the company has skin in the game after the final walkthrough.
Rooted in Fresno
Fresno isn’t just where Lodgewick ADU Fresno operates. It’s where Russ lives and works, and where the team’s kids go to school. This branch knows the neighborhoods, from the Tower District to Woodward Park to the newer developments off Highway 41. When a homeowner in Fresno builds an ADU, they’re not just adding square footage. They’re adding a place for family or a source of rental income, and that changes a neighborhood for the better. Being part of that matters here.
Written by Russ Delmar, Owner at Lodgewick ADU Fresno, serving Fresno and the surrounding Central Valley since 2010.